Game-board.



No. 803,299. PATBNTED OCT. 31, 1905.

G. W. MORHOUS.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED [$11.31, 1905.

WITNESSES.- INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

GAME-BOARD.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application fileri Marci 31,1905- Serial No. 258,198.

1'0 all w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. l.\/IORHOUS, of Greenwich, in the countyof Washington and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedGame-Board, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in games; and the object of myinvention is to produce a game apparatus which can be easily made up inthe form of a board and held in the lap, like a checker-board, or can belaid on a table or other support.

The object of my invention is to produce an amusing and instructive gamein which the States of the Union are indicated and on which the symbolsor marks representing the States are arranged to form spots on whichcheckers or other devices can be moved in playing the game, as willbe'hereinafter described.

WVith these ends in view my invention consists of a game-board theconstruction and arrangement of which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in whicl H Figure 1is a view of the game-board. Fig. 2 is an assembled view of a checker ofeach of the series employed in the game.

My invention comprises a series of spots, shown in the drawings incircular form,which are arranged in the form of a triangle and on whichthe names of the States are produced, each spot having the name of aState thereon. Obviously the spots,so called, can be made of any color,as likewise can the board; but I prefer to make the spots circular, witha white ground on which the names are produced in black, though ofcourse this is not essential. As before stated, the number of spotscorresponds to the number of States, and there are therefore forty-fivein all, and by arranging them in triangular form it will be seen thatthere are nine spots on a side and the others are located at equidistantpoints on the surface of the board. The spots are connected by lines inboth directions, the lines being parallel with two sides of the triangleand intersecting the spots and other lines crossing the triangleparallel to the base thereof.

Many games can be played on the board, and it requires three players-onefor each side-and the players can be designated so as to representditferent parties.

In the drawings one part of the board is marked D, another R, andanother P, which letters can stand for the partiesDemocratic,.Republican, Populist, or Prohibition. Obviously the names of the partiescan be written out in full and the names can be changed as partieschange.

I prefer to play the game with red, white, and blue checkers. To showthe use of the board, I will state, therefore, several games which canbe played, though it is evident that other games can also be' played onthe board without affecting my invention. To playthe game which I callPresident, nine red checkers or men are placed on the circles in thecorner marked R, with the exception of the extreme corner circle, whichis left vacant, and these men are called Republicans. Nine whitecheckers are'similarly placed in the corner marked D and are calledDemocrats. Nine blue checkers are similarly placed in the corner markedP and are called Populists or Prohibitionists. The men are moved eitherforward or sidewise, much as in the game of checkers, and along thelines on the board. \Vhen a man gets on an opponents corner-circle, theman is called a Governor, and when a Governor gets on the secondopponents corner-circle it is called President, and the player of thePresident checker wins the game. The checkers are indicated on the boardby dotted lines.

Another game may be played as follows: Ten red men are placed on the tencircles in one corner of the board, ten white men in a second corner,and ten blue men in a third corner. The men are moved forward orsidewise, as before. The object of the game is to jump as in checkersand take the men of the other players from the board.

As stated, other games can be played; but the above show the manner ofusing the board.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A game apparatus comprising a board having atriangular lield thereon with fortyfive spots spaced apart on the fieldand arranged to form a series of smaller triangles each spot beingmarked to represent a State of the Union, and checkers or men of threedifferent colors to move on the said board.

2. A game apparatus comprising a board having a triangular field thereonwith spots In testimony WhereofIaifiX my signature in spaced apart onthe field and each marked to presence of two Witnesses. represent aState of the Union, the spots be- CHARLES W MORHOUS ing connected bylines forming a series of 5 smaller triangles and the three corners ofthe Witnesses:

board being marked to represent three differ- GEORGE W. CURRY,

ent political parties. FRED Gr. CURRY.

